Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Papadam" in English language version.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)According to food historian and author KT Achaya, "The parpata (papad) is first mentioned in about 500BC in Buddhist-Jain canonical literature, and the medical authorities note that they are made from pulses like urad, masoor, chana and the like."